When the Morgendorffers move to Lawndale, Daria and Quinn start at a new school. Thanks to the influence (and bank account) of Helen's mother, the girls are enrolled in Fielding Prep instead of Lawndale High. Thrown into a world of privilege and, frequently, snobbery, Quinn is immediately inducted into Topisiennes. Meanwhile, Daria finds herself in an academically challenging environment for the first time.

At the entrance ceremony, back and forth snarking introduce Daria and Elsie to each other, and the two quickly become thick as thieves. Although most of the students are boarders, the Sloanes, like the Morgendorffers, are day students. Daria soon meets Elsie's twin brother, Tom, and develops a crush on him.

Quinn finds herself at home in the social world of Tops, but adrift in the academics. Daria finds herself forced into the swim team as the lone high-diver.

Godzilla Threshold: invoked in manners bordering on the psychotic. The Morgue attack, Sue Bee's response to the Mirrors, Schuler's attack for sleeping with Quinn, the Cutie Bombing, Sue Bee receiving a photo of her dead mother after overdosing on a bathroom floor with the needle still in her arm and leaving Fielding immediately afterward, or the Bentley family immediately disinheriting her after news reports of her possible involvement... the list goes on and on.

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